good morning. i'm christiane amanpour. at the top of the new this is week -- the fight for afghanistan. the u.s.-led surge pushing ahead. as corruption threatens the afghan government and u.s. support for the war. afghanistan's president, hamid karzai, answers the tough questions in an exclusive "this week" interview. does he think the u.s. can defeat the taliban? and the controversy over the islamic center near ground zero. >> how is that healing? >> 9/11 was not conducted by muslims. it was conducted by terrorists. >> as the debate rages, the woman behind it talks to us. >> we want to reach out to those that don't uns us.

>> and she'll be joined bay key adviser. more dismal news on the economy. what happened to the summer of recovery? we'll tackle that on "the roundtable" with george will, al hunt. >> we're out of iraq. we got out two weeks ahead of schedule. now, iraq will always be remembered as the war that ended early. as the u.s. surge pushes into afghanistan, kandahar has become the focus of the effort to root out the taliban and other insurgent fighters. with less than one year remaining before the u.s. says at least soft of the troops will

be withdrawn, attacks continue. miguel marquez has this report. >> what do we got? ready? let's do it. >> reporter: k with surge troops in place, success or failure in the hands of the soldiers, like captain lawrence green, of georgia. >> if we see people in the area, after we know the people here, we can say, hey, you're the enemy. you live in this area? >> reporter: one minute, solders getting to know the neighbors. the next? >> where are you talking contact from? >> reporter: they're under fire. the biggest prize in the fight for afghanistan? kandahar, the second largest city. the rich area west of it is taliban central. >> this entire area have very important. we know that.

we're pushing at all sides. >> reporter: the push here is political as well as military. kandahar's government is weak. it will be up to power brokers like this, a troeshs figure, the president's brother, to give control back to the government. >> i'm willing to work and give my support for the success. success of afghanistan is my success. if there is a failure, i'll be the first person to suffer the most. >> reporter: before a political settlement can be negotiated, the taliban have to be defeated. is there any doubt in your mind that you can't expel the taliban? >> we will, no doubt, take care of the taliban. we'll return this area back to the people. be there, no doubt. >> reporter: no doubt his soldiers can win on the

battlefield. can the coalition in the government win the war? for "this week." i'm miguel marquez. >> joining me from kabul is the president, hamid karzai. thank you for joining us. >> happy to be here. >> what is your road map for the peace talks with the taliban? how confident are you to have some kind of political settlement with them is this. >> the road map is clear. the indications for peace would be that afghanistan will be ready to talk to those taliban of ours who belong to afghanistan and who are not part of al qaeda, who are not part of any other terrorist network. who accept the afghan constitution and the programs we have done in the past many years and who are willing to return to a normal civilian life, and who

are not connected to a foreign body outside of afghanistan. >> how advanced are you in trying to get the taliban to the talks? >> there are individual contacts with some elements. that's not yet a formal process. >> can i ask you about some of the concerns people have? for instance, women's groups are very concerned. they say that promises by you to be properly and adequately represented as a piece meet rg faltering. they're concerned that any deal with the taliban leads to their rights, those that they have gained, being eradicated. >> they will be part of the high council for peace. their representation will be sol lid, meaningful, substantive. this is the right of the afghan people to make sure that the gains we have maders especially

the gains that the women have made, not only are kept, but are promoted and advanced further. >> given that pledge you're now making, how concerned are you by, for instance, the stoning of that young couple in afghanistan over the last week. the first public stoning since the fall of the taliban after 9/11? >> i was shocked when i heard that. that's a terrible sign that, indeed, part of our failure, the afghan government and the international community as well, to give the protection to the afghan people. we're investigating it. it came as a deep, deep shock. >> the president of pakistan said that the battle for hearts and minds in afghanistan is already lost. do you agree? do you believe that the war in afghanistan is winnable? >> i believe the campaign

against terrorism is winnable. we have to win. but in order for us to do that, we must end the business as usual. we must begin to re-examine where we're doing things correctly, the right things. whether we're having the support of the afghan people or whether that support is declining. if it's declining, there are reason for it. we must correct them. >> those are what? >> we must provide protection to the afghan people, rather than causing civilian casualties. we must end kripgs and corrupt practices by the international community. we must end the security firms that are spending billions of dollars in the presence of whom afghanistan wouldn't have developed a police force. >> let me take a few of those

things. the private contractors, you and your office have called for them to be disbanded by the end of the year. 30,000 contractors are providing security. you want them out by the end of the year? >> definitely, ma'am. i've been talking about this with allies at least for the last four years. finally, i began to conclude after a lot of consideration, on good ground of solid information, that the more we wait, the more relose. therefore, we've decided to bring an end to the presence of the security companies who are running a parallel security structure to the afghan government. they're not only causing corruption in the country. they are looting and stealing from the afghan people. they're causing harassment to to

civilians. we don't know if they're security companies at daytime and at night, some of them turn into terroristic groups at night time. they're wasting billions of dollars in resources. they're an obstruction, an impediment to the growth of afghanistan's security institutions, the police, and all. >> do you mean all of them? even the ones that protect you, military bases, diplomats as well? aid convoys? >> we will provide a basis for those security companies who are providing protection to the embassies and aid organizations within their compounds and who escort diplomats or

representatives of foreign governments from place to place. we will definitely not allow them to be on the roads. in the bazaars, on the streets in the highways. we will not allow them to provide protection to supply lines. that is the job of the afghan government and the afghan police. >> mr. president, the u.s. says that the afghan army and police are nowhere near ready to take over these duties. an end-of-the-year dead center line too ambitious. why are you doing it so soon? >> the right question. one of the reasons i want them disbanded and removed four months from now is exactly because that their sprens preventing the growth and the development of the afghan security forces. especially the police force. because, 40,000, 50,000 people are given more salaries than the

afghan police. why would an afghan young man come to the police if he can get a job in the security firm, have a lot of leeway. and without any discipline. naturally, our security forces will find it difficult to draw. and for our forces to grow, these groups must be disbanded. through you, i'm appealing to the u.s. taxpayer not to allow their hard-earned money to be wasted on groups that are not only providing lots of inconveniences to the afghan people. and those that are in contact with mafia-like groups and perhaps funding militants, insurgents and terrorists through those fronts. >> are you not concerned that

those who you disband will join the rival war lords? >> that should not be a concern. if they're so bad that if disbanded will become members of the taliban or insurgents, then they should be disbanded tomorrow. >> let me talk about corruption, which you yourself brought up. there is still so many allegations of corruption. i want to ask you about two u.s.-backed task forces that you criticized not so long ago. are you still critical? or will you allow them to operate to combat corruption? >> the bds will stay to work. they should be within the confines of the afghan law, the afghan penal code. not run or paid by outside

entities. >> let me ask you about a specific case that caused a lot of anxiety, certainly with you. one of your close aids in the security council, he was arrested, under a warrant signed by your attorney general. he was released the same day. they're saying because you personally called and asked for him to be released. and they did release him. is that true? did you intervene? >> yes. yes, absolutely. i intervened. not only i intervened. i did so strongly. this man was taken out of his house in the middle of the night by 30 people with masks. men in the name of afghan law enforcement. this is reminiscent of the days

of the soviet union. in the name of the state, people were taken out of their homes, thrown into prisons. it reminds the afghan people of those days with immense fear. i have intervened. as i tam president of the country. i must uphold the constitution and do things legally. from now onwards, new instructions to bring these two bodies, in accordance to afghan laws, and within the sovereignty of the afghan state. >> will the case against mr. salahi be able to proceed? will you allow the investigation of anyone accused of corruption? he was accused of soliciting a bribe? >> absolutely.

absolutely. the investigation is under way. corruption should be handled most effectively and dedicatedly and with a lot of pressure. it has to be across the board and apolitical and without a vested foreign interest. >> thank you for joining us. >> good to talk to you. we turn now over the debate of the proposed islamic center and mosque at ground zero. opponents say it's too close to the site of the 9/11 attacks. though it can't be seen from there. it took an abc news producer 2:45 to walk from the site of ground zero to the site of the proposed center. this issue has raised new questions about religious tolerance in the united states. the backlash of islam has been seen around the countries. mosques facing protests in

california, tennessee. some intelligence experts say that the backlash could bolster extremists abroad. this morning, we cut through the redd rhetoric and hear from one of the leading organizers behind the center. daisy khan. and rabbi joy levitt. thank you for joining us. what has been your reaction to the last kefrl weeks of this? >> we've been dialoguing with people. weave been meeting with 9/11 families. we've been bridge-builders since 9/11. that's what we do best. >> you said you started to meet

them. did you not meet with families as you began to pro pose this center? >> we had been in touch with 9/11 families for peaceful tomorrows. we've been working with them. and several other groups. since the concern was raised, we're meade meeting privately with other groups. >> how did it come about that the two of you were working on this? >> we got a call from daisy. she said we want to build an mcc just like the jcc. >> a muslim community center. >> we opened two days after 9/11, the jcc. we've been driving. up to 2,500 people walk through the doors every day. we were honored to be able to

unpack what we've learned. >> what was it meant to be, the islamic center? is it a building with minarets? with loud calls to prayer several times a day? >> centers have been developed. the jewish community has developed the jcc. the muslim community is going to have such a center. i said, this is what we have to do. it's a community center. it has a prayer space within it because it will meet the needs of the muslim community's need to work ship on fridays. >> what about it will be the community center? >> a 500-seat auditorium. a swimming pool. astlettic facilities. cooking classes. schools. education.

forums, conferences. it will become a place where ideas can be exchanged. tolerance, mutual respect can be extended. >> let me ask you both. it's taken off on a whole different dimension over the last couple of weeks. there's a huge amount of anxiety among many in the united states about the sensitivity of putting it where it is, among some of the 9/11 families. i want to play for you something that the governor of new york said about a week ago. let's listen. >> the people put their heads together, maybe we can find a site that's way from the site now, but still sterves area. that would be a noble gesture to those in the area. at the same time, it would probably in many ways, change a lot of people's minds about islam. >> are you prepared, do you have

any plans to meet with him? does the imam? do you plan to try to work it out? >> we understand the pain and anguish throughout the country with the polls that are represented out there. we want to build bridges. we don't want to create conflict. this is not where we were coming om. th is an opportunity for us to really turn this around and make it into something very, very positive. we'll meet. we'll do what is right for everyone. >> do you have a plan to specifically meet with the governor who has offered state land for this? do you think you'll decide to move snit. >> we want to meet with new yorkers. the community board has supported this. we have to be cognizant that we have a constitutionall right.

we have to worry about the extremists. we have to be careful and deliberate. >> so is moving on the table still? >> we, right now, it's not, until we consult with all the stake holders. >> can i ask you, were there missteps at the beginning, in terms of some people say there should have been more outreach, a town hall meeting style. more sophisticated public relations. auking to the people that might have the issues that are being shown right now. should there have been a different way to do this? >> we can always look at things in hindsight and say, gee, we could have done this differently. the jcc, in fact, when daisy came to us, she said, what would

you have done differently? i said we should have done more stroller space. it was on that level. >> and we were talking about shoes. our concern is shoes and hers is volers. >> reaching out to people, should there have been a more organized debate in the community, in the wider area to talk about how this was going to be done? >> i think it's not too late to do that. the jcc has invited daisy and the imam to come and speak at the jcc in september. i hope that other centers in the secular world will come to do that. clearly, what this whole controversy has unleashed is the tremendous amount of misinformation, lack of knowledge about islam we need to address. >> let me take a few of those in

order. a lot of heated rhetoric. i want to play you something that newt gingrich said about the plans to build this center. >> nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the holocaust museum. we would not accept the japanese to put up a site next the pearl harbor. >> let me ask you directly. he did bring up nazi imagery there. what do you make of that? >> it's terrible imagery. i think mr. gingrich has never been to the jcc. has never seen moms taking the babies to our pool. seen teenagers making sandwiches for homeless shelters. never seen husbands coming to grieve for their spouses in a bereavement group.

that is what goes on in jcc. >> and that is what you plan? >> he has never been to tribeca to our mosque. we have been neighbors. it's 12 blooks away from ground zero. >> do you have the plans, the architect, the funding? could it happen anytime or sit a long time off? >> it's a long time off, because the project has had to go through several processes. civic hurdles were one of the most important one. we had a landmark issue. we're working to get the acceptance. we focused on that first. the rest is a process. >> how much money has been raised? are you prepared to discussion the issue of foreign funding? how would you be able to know

exactly where that money was coming from? what other projects they have given to? >> this is where the counsellor on the right will help me. we have developed a board. the board will develop a fund-raising committee. we have promised we will work with the charities bureau. adhere to the highest guidelines set forth by the treasury department. because there is so much angst. >> what she means is we went to our neighbors. we said, who believes in our vision? who believes in a center of tolerance? in diversity? we went to parlor meetings in people's houses. >> let me ask you, because there

have been a lot of questions raised about your husband's political ideas and views because of something he said on "60 minutes" after 9/11. >> i wouldn't say that the united states deserved what happened. but the united states policies were an accessory to the crime that happened. >> what do you think he meant by that? >> it was a longer interview. he talked about the support to osama bin laden and the taliban. >> back in the '80s? >> yes, against the soviet un n union. and how in cia terms, this was a blowback of that. >> this cover is being talked about a lot right now. basically, is america

islamophobic? are you certained about the long-term relationship of american muz lims and society? >> i think we're concerned. this is like a metasticizez anti-semitism. we spoke with religious leaders. everybody is concerned about what's going on around the nation. >> do you agree? >> there is some part of it that feels very familiar. peter stuvysent refused to let a synagogue to be built in the 1600s. in connecticut, none were allowed to be built. the british wouldn't allow them

to be built in new york city. we understand some of this pain. and yet, we have also experienced tremendous amount of support in this country. i think we actually are in a position to both understand and be helpful to support religious tolerance. >> do you think it will go ahead? >> of course. there's too much at stake. we have to go ahead with the project. >> thank you so much for talking to us. >> thank you. >> thank you. and you can find out more information on islam in america at our website. and we will have more on the mosque debate next on the "roundtable" with george will, judy woodruff, al hunt, about

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breaks breaks news. a verdict this the rod gra guy vich trial. >> the skrurry dead lox. >> i take solace in the biblical story of david. i have the truth on my side. >> we didn't put on any defense. none, zero, zip, nothing, they still koumdn't get a conviction! >> you think that's routine politics? >> absolutely. >> former governor rod blagojevich convicted on one count this week of lying to the fbi. we have george will, al hunt, judy woodruff, and robert reich. first, president karzai and

afghanistan. saying there is no reconciliation yet with the taliban. just informal contact. >> and what interesting contact this case must be. he said in order to bring the war to a conclusion, he has to convince the taliban, who come in various sorts. those in it for the money, those in it for the con vics. he said he has to wring them to a normal civilian life. surely the fighting is about what should count as a normal civilian life. the president said the task is to destroy the momentum of the taliban. secretary gates, three sundays ago said to you, we must degrade them to bring them to the table. now karzai says they must come to the table accepting a most untaliban sense of what they believe life should be. >> what do you think about that.

a lot of people believe that the taliban didn't wage war for all these years to suddenly accept the afghan constitution. as you heard, many women are worried about an agreement with the taliban. >> i talked this week, the end of this week with someone in the karzai government who is still advising president karzai privately. he said, we wouldn't be talking to the taliban if the united states were not -- if we didn't have this situation looming where the united states could pull out next year. we have to be talking to the taliban even if we don't want to. they know they're in a tough position. touching on what george said. unless the war goes better and they can prove that the afghan government can run this country and can put the taliban if a weaker position, they don't have any kind of a negotiating

position. they're aware of that. >> and, corruption is endemic in this country. and everyone knows it from karzai on down. i was struck by how readily he admitted to you that corruption is endemic. his support here is dropping in the united states like a lead balloon. he says he's going to preserve the independence of the anti-corruption units. he's not going to allow his aides to be indicted and impris imprisoned. >> the united states wants to see the militia system disbanded. it's a bit ambitious to do it in

four months. >> he knows that, too. every index shows that george was right a year or so ago, nothing is going right. there are sers questions about whether the serious elections can be held. the battle for kandahar no one is optimistic. john kerry was probably as close to karzai as any american politician and john kerry is starting to sour on him. it's hard to find grounds for optimism. >> turning over the security to the afghan army and police is bizarre. they're as corrupt as everyone else. and the opportunity costs, i mean, here, we have in pakistan, a food, that is devastating that economy, a humanitarian disaster, we can't ve vote the

resources we need because we're so bogged down in afghanistan. let's move on to the ground zero islamic center debate. i want to put up a poll that was in "time" magmagazine. i waved it around. the poll, one of them says, it's talking about views of muslims. among democrats, the favorable view is 51%. the republicans, 32 the%. unfavorable, 36% democrats, and reps, 56%. that's the view against muslims. george, what does this mean? it's a catastrophic viewpoint. >> a religion is what it's practitioners say and do in any particular era. there have been eras where

christianity contained hideous behavior. many american's understanding of islam is the fact that while not all the adherents of the faith are terrorists, all the terrorists trying to kill us are islamic. >> the upsurge in islam phobia cannot be explained by anything other than a kind of intolerance that is fed by -- i don't want to say it or believe it, the same kind of intolerance that is feeding the anti-immigrant fever in the united states. it comes from a deep seated fear and anxiety that is rooted rks in turn in the economy. people are ready to believe newt begin rich when he seas muslims are like that has zis. >> six days after 9/11, george

w. bush stood before muslim leaders and said, we need to remember that these acts do not represent the ewes of all muslims. >> there is a quote from karen hugh hughes. i believe it is so important that rks mam and his congregation make what i fully understand would be a very difficult choice, to locate their mosque elsewhere. i know i'm asking the imam and congregation to show a respect that has not always been afforded to them. how powerful that would be. >> where do they go.

three blocks two block, another state, another country. that strikes me as a sophomoric argument. this whole thing has been demagogued. i -- as you pointed out this morning, maybe they didn't lay the groundwork for this as well as they should have. this is not on ground zero. it's not a mosque. it's a cultural sent we are prayer area. i must say that i was on a show the other day with bill coen. he said, we ought to call out and sanction anyone in the country that uses nazi analogies. i think there are very sincere people who object to this center being there. we can argue that point. but they're not nazis. this is just outrageous. >> will this translate into a mid-term november political rallying point? >> i don't think so. the economy is so overwhelming

in people's minds. most people in america are much more concerned about money on their wallets than they are about mosques in manhattan. >> even republicans say, we hope this blows over. we don't think this helps us in november. >> george, what do you think? are republicans getting concerned by this debate now? >> i think a month from now, people are going to say, what was that all about? this an august story. s the it's a slow news time. you can find a weak story. it runs on sensitivity. it's the nature of a -- >> may i quote you on it. >> you get pushback from some of the 9/11 families. >> that's too bad. you have entitlement by people, they are offended, you have

limits. you have no right to go through the life without having your feelings being hurt. >> there's a study that found that a lot of the mosques built around the united states have a counterextremist effect. they can counter alienation of the youth. this study says that mosques and such centers are having a more positive effect. >> this country is built on the premise the more we know about each other, minority groups. i wouldn't call it insensitivity. i would call it tolerance. >> you mention that because of some of the angst, most notably,

about the economy. we'll put up a graphic of the latest figures. 500,000 new claims for unemployment insurance were made last week. where is this going? this was meant to be the summer of recovery. is there any idea how to ameliorate the jobless situation? >> it's the summer of our discontent. we are, by any measures, heading into a double-dip. many americans have not gotten out of the first dip. and the interesting paradox here is that in this town in washington, you can't talk abts a s about a second stimulus. people say, that would create a

deficit. the bond markets are worried about deflation. the treasury bill, the yield is 2.6% on a ten-year treasury bill. >> let's talk about how bad sit, first of all. if, in the last five months, about 1.1 million people had not become so discouraged to have dropped out of the job market. the real unemployment rate, if they were still counted, would be 10.4%. too much use of the word nazi, the world herbert hoover. >> he's being exhumed. >> between 1929 when the stock market crashed and '32, the numbers doubled. he responded to to coming recession with a gusher of federal spending.

it didn't do a lick of good. >> by 1932, 1933, the major issue of the table coming from andrew millen was balancing the budget. all we heard. >> in forbes field in mits, fdr pledged to -- >> he was always a deficit hawk. >> i want to yield the bath balance of my time to the distinguished gentlemen. j.p. morgan revised their figures. we talk and this often in terms of the context of the midterm election. the die is cast. there's nothing you can do over the next ten weeks. that is dreadful news for the democrats. >> what about for people? i mean, what are they going to

be able to look atened get some hope from even after the election? >> it's tough. as bob just said, the forecasts don't look good right now. the i guess the conference board economists said the oh day, he doesn't think we're going into a double-dip. but at the best, we're stuck in neutral. there's no movement people see. something has got to -- and today, there was a report that people are pulling their money. ordinary people pulling their money out of the stock market. to get back to the politics, the drms the losers either way. people are saying we need to spend more money. you put the money into the banks and auto companies. what about main street? the democrats are caught in the middle of that. >> this in some way circles

back. i think the president must taubt about the economy and jobs. nothing else. between now and the midterm but id ideally, across the country. >> the number one issue. it affects each and everyone's lives. on a positive note here. for the world, hopefully, they've announced today that, this week, rather, there will be talks between the israelis and palestinians. that's got to be good, george. >> oh, no, it doesn't. you can argue that the peace process is the biggest threat to peace in palestine. >> process is better than no process. >> i was arguing against that. almost a generation ago, in madrid in 1991, the palestinians and israelis engaged in direct

talks. 19 years later, we're doing it again. we don't agree on this. mr. abas does not recognize that it can exist as a jewish state for the jewish people. mr. netanyahu says the palestinian ref yugee problem wl be taken care of outside. mr. netanyahu says the state on the west bank must be demilitarized. it must have on it an israeli presence to make sure that weapons do not come in from the eastern borders. >> given a lot of those positions, and security is primary, if the israelis and the

government, where do you think this is go? if any of you are thinking ob of it because there were previous parameters. the clinton parameters? the prime men stinister. >> i covered things back in carter and sadat and begin. very miss mystic about the outcome here for many of the reasons george laid out. this individual said it's at least good that president obama has put a one-year dead lynne on that. >> so did president bush. >> and that after december, president obama may be in a position, and frankly, prime minister netanyahu to change the makeup of his government. >> the settlement will be a big

issue. if the moratorium expired, that could collapse the talks before they start. >> it's better that they're sitting at a table when that end approaches. i disagree with george. talking is better than not talking. we get a little bit of momentum from the combat troop withdrawal from iraq. think the administration gets credit for getting them to sit at the table after 20 months. >> let's move on. we're not going to solve the middle east peace process here at this table. let's move on to governor blagojevich. was it business as usual? >> they knew blagojevich to be a blow hard. when hay listthey listened to t,

they said that's just him talking. they were given more than 100 pages of jury instructions on 24 counts. third, they had just witnessed the senate debate. he's accused of selling a senate seat. they've sold senate seats in the debate. >> it's a loss for the prosecutor. it's not a win for rod bl blagojevi blagojevich. yesterday, he was selling his autograph at a comic book convention. this is chump change. >> gotta go. this will continue in the green room at abcnews.com. you can find our fact checks in conjunction politifact. coming up here. "the sunday funnies." [ male announcer ] the financial headlines can be unsettling.

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